New Income Tax Returns Promised Simpler for Taxpayers
Washington report outlines easier forms for about 30 million filers with minimal data entry and a math-free process. Higher earners use a regular blank with tax tables, while deductions move to a flat 10 percent across many items. The 1944 rules change exemptions, dependents, and citizenship rules, plus a calendar of key dates from Sept. to March.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Church
Red Cross
Navy guard turns away car unless tagged in cheeky exchange
A Navy recruit on guard refused entry to a car without a special tag. He stopped a vehicle carrying a high ranking officer, then asked the brass-hat or der to go through. He quipped I’m new at this. Who do I shoot you or the driver. Sun advertising gets results.
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Navy
Two Point-Free Pork Recipes for Thrifty Kitchens
Two economical pork dish ideas use low heat to ensure tender, evenly browned results. First recipe serves six, with ground pork cakes, onion, milk, and crumb coating, fried then simmered in a light gravy. Second recipe serves four, using sausages wrapped in bread slices and broiled, garnished with tomato and parsley.
8000 Texans Needed In War Jobs By WMC
Texas must supply 7 734 of 79 000 workers for war jobs in five weeks. Belk says 30 percent go to shipbuilding 27 percent to ship repair 10 percent to aircraft 8 percent to lumbering petroleum chemical and metal industries and 25 percent to a vast secret project. US Employment Service must recruit 1 500 weekly with Southwest drives organized.
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Austin
Texas
C. E. Belk
War Manpower Commission
Belk
United States Employment Service
Southwest
Two Belton Families Lose and Wound Soldiers in World War II
Two Goodnight brothers were reported by telegrams from the War Department as killed in France on June 19 and seriously wounded in Italy on July 8. A third son has been a prisoner of the Japanese since 1941, while a fourth son serves with a medical unit in Italy.
Stocks of Old Wheat Lowest in 7 Years
Texas farm and interior mill stocks of old wheat reach a seven year low with July 1 1944 holdings at 909000 bushels. April 1 1944 showed 2364000 and the previous year 5218000 bushels. The USDA crop reporting bureau notes totals down sharply from 1943.
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Austin
Texas
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Firemen Save Thousands of Fish From Oxygen Loss
In Wallingford Connecticut fire department crews sprayed water into the air from five engines along the reservoir to restore oxygen after fish were found gasping and floating. The Fish and Game Department attributed the danger to lack of oxygen and by Tuesday the fish were out of danger.
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Wallingford
Conn
Fish and Game Department
War shoes production rises in early 1944 totals
Washington reports nearly one million more civilian shoes were produced in the first five months of 1944 than in 1943. Total civilian shoe production to June 1 reached 174,888,000 pairs compared with 173,936,000 in the same period of 1943.
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Washington
WPB
Yearly liquor supply may be made in August
Washington reports a month-long distillers' holiday from war production will release about a normal year's supply of whisky and gin. Industry sources say the move, starting Tuesday after 22 months of war alcohol, could cover demand until Germany falls or another holiday in 1945 is arranged.
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Washington
Germany
Army malaria rates fall to a fraction of war-time highs
The War Department reports malaria among troops in malarious theatres has dropped to one-quarter to one-third of early war figures. It notes the Army overall has had a good record in preventing malaria and cites the problem as a key factor in military operations.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Gregg County Clerk elected to 24th term
Dash Shaw of Longview was elected to Gregg County clerk for the 24th consecutive term, running unopposed. Since 1930 he has not lost a single box in any county election, earning wide recognition for office efficiency and a quiet, friendly demeanor.
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Longview
Gregg County
Dash Shaw
Shaw
Texas
Civilian Eyeglasses Banned for Soldiers
The War Department announced civilian style spectacles should not be sent to soldiers except in unusual circumstances. Soldiers receive two pairs under the surgeon general program, all of a single serviceable type for easy field repair. Replacements are available in the United States or any theatre by military optical shops and new portable repair units operate in advanced and remote areas.
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Washington
War Department
Surgeon General
United States
Sale of War Bonds Made Easy
Washington to launch a new war bond redemption plan within 60 days allowing holders to redeem bonds at any commercial bank for full purchase price plus due interest upon presentation of identity. Secretary Morgenthau announced at a press conference.
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Washington
Secretary of Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Political primaries announced for county offices 1944
The column lists Democratic primary races in July and August 1944 for County Clerk J. C. Buchanan and J. H. White alongside County Commissioner candidates E. P. Jackson S. B. Vaughan.
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J. C
Calvin
E. P
Edgel) Jackson S. B
Ben) Vaughan
Tact Over Truth Cited In Quillen Quote
Quillen contrasts lying with tact noting that changing truth slightly to avoid hurt is tactful. The remark praises tact and condemns falsehood while presenting a nuanced view of truth in communication.
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Robert Quillen
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